Damian Tambini says that Ofcom has become "timid" and "risk adverse" in the last 12 months (Watching the watchdog, 4 October). However, even a cursory review of Ofcom's activities over the last year tells a very different story.

Amidst much controversy and many legal threats we pressed ahead with plans to open up the pay-TV market to fair and effective competition. As a result, viewers already have wider choice of pay-TV platforms to watch live Premiership football.

We have thrashed out agreements with the telecoms operators to reduce their contract charges and toughened up the code of practice on the sale of broadband services. And again, in the teeth of fierce opposition, we have published pathbreaking research revealing true broadband speeds in contrast to the claimed "up to" speeds.

Mr Tambini says that the UK has lost the initiative in the net neutrality debate and argues that we have done little work on next generation broadband. But in fact Ofcom was one of the first regulators in the world to launch a comprehensive debate about net neutrality. Similarly, we set out our proposals for super-fast broadband and we announced our final conclusions in the last few days with a clear set of decisions against which industry can invest.

These and many other actions on behalf of the public interest represent a record of achievement we are happy to stand behind.

Clayton Hirst director of communications, Ofcom

• Ofcom has been giving Sky a free rein. The fact that Ofcom dragged a pay-TV review out for as long as the regulations said was the maximum time limit shows how far Ofcom was trying to help Sky.

There was another pay-TV investigation that disappeared without trace. Ofcom simply doesn't follow the legal definition for certain technical services, therefore leaving Sky free to do what and charge what it likes.

Rapture online

Give Daybreak a break

Daybreak is a far better show that the childish showbiz E-list celeb driven agenda that the hideously complacent GMTV dredged up day after day (Clouds at Daybreak, 4 October). ITV has to hold its nerve, and not go for the nuclear button for the first show back after January. The presenters are better, the more news driven format is better, and the set (and backdrop of London) is miles better than what it replaced.

SportsBod online

• I understand that both Greg Dyke and Roland Rat are free at the moment …